LOCKWOOD VALLEY : Work to Begin Soon on Highway Cleanup
Work to remove more than 30,000 cubic yards of rock and debris that tumbled onto California 33 three months ago will begin next month, state Department of Transportation officials said Wednesday.
Competitive bids on the massive removal project will be opened June 2 and a contract will probably be awarded June 9, said Jerry B. Bailey, Caltrans local director.
Officials said the work should begin by June 17 and be completed before the end of July. A Caltrans engineer estimated the cost at $1 million.
About 1,000 residents of Lockwood Valley, 25 miles northeast of Ojai, were cut off from their south county neighbors Feb. 19, when a series of storms sent tons of earth crashing onto the highway.
Clearance work was delayed while two government agencies debated where to place the debris and rock, estimated at enough to fill more than 3,000 dump trucks.
The agencies eventually agreed to move the material to a private ranch about two miles from the site of the road closure.
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